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“If I could clone myself – then I could develop all this (CurrencyEvolution.com).” This simple quote defines internet entrepreneur Niko Younts. He is a one man show. The 47 minutes that we spent together via phone were filled with much hype and enthusiasm. “We are seeing a...

Running a Bitcoin full node is difficult. Gavin Andresen even admits it. “Most ordinary folks should NOT be running a full node. We need full nodes that are always on, have more than 8 connections, and have a high-bandwidth connection to the Internet. (However) if you’ve...

(we have permission to use the logo) April 19 was an interesting morning for BitSeeds co-developer Gabriel Aronovich. Multiple Petahashes of SHA-256d processing power were mutilating the BitSeeds blockchain. In a matter of hours 900,000 new BitSeed coins had been created. A rogue...

Nepal earthquake relief effort The major earthquake happening in Nepal on April 25th and subsequent aftershock on May 12th killed 9,000 people. The earthquake also caused an avalanche on nearby Mt. Everest, fatally burying 19 travelers. The Nepalese army and volunteers quickly...

The Bitcoin landscape is populated with many, interesting people. Much communication is via internet forums. Two people that have an influential role in the new Bitcoin-fueled revolution are Michael “Theymos” Marquardt and Gwern Branwen. Their positions as forum moderators often...

The Bitcoin Foundation has always had public relations issues. Its infamous alumni like former Mt. Gox CEO Mark Karpeles and Bitcoin wunderkind Charlie Shrem have provided an ample source of animosity toward the Bitcoin movement. However, and historically, these publicly...

On April 25, 2015 in Beijing, Tsinghua University Wudaokou School of Finance and Huobi held an official signing ceremony. Their joint creation: the Digital Assets Research Initiative (DARI). Wudaokou School of Finance Dean Liao Li, Vice President and Deputy Party Secretary Zhao...

The Official ActiveMining Bitcointalk.org thread can be found here. An order issued February 6th, 2015 by the Office of the Secretary of State of Missouri requires defunct mining manufacturing company ActiveMining Corporation and its CEO, Kenneth E. Slaughter, to pay $32,115.15...

I ask blockchain expert and Bitcoin-skeptic Bryce Weiner to interview at his establishment, Groove Coffee, located in northern Kentucky-Cincinnati, USA. We talk about alternative crypto networks, DNMs, and his upcoming innovations. We also get to the bottom of that Twitter ISIS...

Recently I wrote about the great potential for Bitcoin in Cuba. I concluded, however, due to lack of access to the internet the cryptocurrency is nearly non-existent. HolaCuba.de, a German vacation booking company, is trying to change this. Users can now make payments for casas...